Most beach side huts survivors build tend to face the water and for the most part it is a plus. At night you get a gentle breeze to help blow away insects. Little help though when a storm rolls in from the water.
The tribes tend to favor large roomy shelters with a roof more suited for shade than repelling water.
A better method would be to build a smaller A frame shelter with raised platform. Have the open ends face the water and the jungle. Put a good roof on it. Weave a couple mats in a triangle that you can use to block the end the wind is coming from.
For shade during the day you could put a light bamboo frame up in the trees and throw shade material up on them.
There is a little gamesmanship that goes into the building of those shelters.
The women want the men to provide them with a sturdy dry comfortable home, but then after they do get their home the men become expendable to them.
The men thus go for the 3 week home-building plan — dragging it out and building it little by little and keeping themselves necessary.
If you feel like you are only going to last 6 to 10 days then why build a shelter for those who are going to vote you out.
After a few of the women get voted out and the men feel more secure the shelters get shaped up.
But that’s why the shelters look so pitiful this season — a lot of the men are going home early.